Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] few second " in BNC.
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1 | Whereas it is obvious that the launch must be abandoned anywhere near the ground , halfway up the launch it is reasonable to hold on for a few seconds to see if the speed picks up again . |
2 | She may , for example , lay it down for a few seconds while she opens the entrance to her hole . |
3 | It is possible that I even dozed off for a few seconds , exhausted by the day 's work . |
4 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
5 | A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing . |
6 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |
7 | No answer , then Spencer passed out for a few seconds , only to wake to the pungent smell of burning and the sharp realisation that he must now get out of the thing . |
8 | The disk will whizz around for a few seconds , and then you get the rows of statistics . |